Hides the Speed Palette. Checked because the Speed Palette is open.
Hides/shows the Speed Palette. Not available because no windows are open.
Shows the Speed Palette.
Hides the Realtime Palette. Checked because the Realtime Palette is open.
Hides/shows the Realtime Palette. Not available because no windows are open.
Shows the Realtime Palette.
Window menu
Use this menu to select a window or to hide/show palettes. Not available because no windows are open.
Window menu
Use this menu to select a window or to hide/show palettes.
Plays the movie centred against a blank background. The movie is played at optimum speed. Not available because the top window is not a movie window, or no windows are open.
Plays the movie centred against a blank background. The movie is played at optimum speed.
Starts/stops playing all open movies. Not available because the top window is not a movie window, or no windows are open.
Starts/stops playing all open movies.
Mutes the sound of the current movie. Checked because mute sound is turned on for the current movie.
Mutes the sound of the current movie. Not available because the top window is not a movie window, no windows are open, or because Play Every Frame is turned on.
Mutes the sound of the current movie.
Turns play all frames on for the current movie. No frames are skipped, but the movie may play slower and sound is muted. Checked because play every frame is turned on for the current movie.
Turns play all frames on for the current movie. No frames are skipped, but the movie may play slower and sound is muted. Not available because the top window is not a movie window, or no windows are open.
Turns play all frames on for the current movie. No frames are skipped, but the movie may play slower and sound is muted.
Sets the current frame to the current movie’s Poster Frame (the frame used for the preview in the open dialog). Not available because the top window is not a movie window, or no windows are open.
Sets the current frame to the current movie’s Poster Frame (the frame used for the preview in the open dialog).
Moves to the current movie’s Poster Frame (the frame used for the preview in the open dialog). Not available because the top window is not a movie window, or no windows are open.
Moves to the current movie’s Poster Frame (the frame used for the preview in the open dialog).
Sizes the current movie window to fill the screen. Not available because the top window is not a movie window, or no windows are open.
Sizes the current movie window to fill the screen.
Doubles the size of the current movie window, both horizontally and vertically. Not available because the top window is not a movie window, no windows are open, or the current movie window is too large.
Doubles the size of the current movie window, both horizontally and vertically.
Sizes the current movie window to its natural size. Not available because the top window is not a movie window, or no windows are open.
Sizes the current movie window to its natural size.
Halves the size of the current movie window, both horizontally and vertically. Not available because the top window is not a movie window, no windows are open, or the current movie window is too small.
Halves the size of the current movie window, both horizontally and vertically.
Turns play selection only on for the current movie. When the current movie reaches the end of the selection, it will stop. Checked because play selection only is turned on for the current movie.
Turns play selection only on for the current movie. When the current movie reaches the end of the selection, it will stop. Not available because the top window is not a movie window, or no windows are open.
Turns play selection only on for the current movie. When the current movie reaches the end of the selection, it will stop.
Turns looping back and forth on for the current movie. When the current movie reaches the end, it will play backwards to the start, and then forwards again until it is stopped. Checked because looping back and forth is turned on for the current movie.
Turns looping back and forth on for the current movie. When the current movie reaches the end, it will play backwards to the start, and then forwards again until it is stopped. Not available because the top window isn’t a movie or no windows are open.
Turns looping back and forth on for the current movie. When the current movie reaches the end, it will play backwards to the start, and then forwards again until it is stopped.
Turns looping on for the current movie. When the current movie reaches the end, it will play again from the start until it is stopped. Checked because looping is turned on for the current movie.
Turns looping on for the current movie. When the current movie reaches the end, it will play again from the start until it is stopped. Not available because the top window is not a movie window, or no windows are open.
Turns looping on for the current movie. When the current movie reaches the end, it will play again from the start until it is stopped.
Lets you go to an exact time in the movie. Not available because the top window is not a movie window, or no windows are open.
Lets you go to an exact time in the movie.
Displays information about the current movie. Not available because the top window is not a movie window, or no windows are open.
Displays information about the current movie.
Movie menu
Use this menu to control the playback of movies or to get information on a movie. Not available because no windows are open.
Movie menu
Use this menu to control the playback of movies or to get information on a movie.
Sets the size that the movie will normally play at to the current size of the movie. Not available because the top window is not a movie window, or no windows are open.
Sets the size that the movie will normally play at to the current size of the movie.
Sets the speed that the movie will normally play at to the speed chosen in the Movie Speed Palette. Not available because the top window is not a movie window, or no windows are open.
Sets the speed that the movie will normally play at to the speed chosen in the Movie Speed Palette.
Exports the soundtrack of the current movie as an AIFF sound file. Not available because the top window is not a movie window, or no windows are open.
Exports the soundtrack of the current movie as an AIFF sound file.
Copies the current frame showing in the current movie to the Clipboard, as a picture. Not available because the top window is not a movie window, or no windows are open.
Copies the current frame showing in the current movie to the Clipboard, as a picture.
Replaces the contents of the selection in the current movie with the contents of the Clipboard. Not available because the top window is not a movie window, or no windows are open.
Replaces the contents of the selection in the current movie with the contents of the Clipboard.
Adds the contents of the Clipboard on top of the current movie, scaled so that it fits within the selection. Not available because the top window is not a movie window, or no windows are open.
Adds the contents of the Clipboard on top of the current movie, scaled so that it fits within the selection.
Adds the contents of the Clipboard on top of the current movie. Not available because the top window is not a movie window, or no windows are open.
Adds the contents of the Clipboard on top of the current movie.
Selects all of the current movie. Not available because the top window is not a movie window, or no windows are open.
Selects all of the current movie.
Clears the selected portion of the current movie without placing it on the Clipboard. Not available because the top window is not a movie window, or no windows are open.
Clears the selected portion of the current movie without placing it on the Clipboard.
Pastes the contents of the Clipboard into the current movie. Not available because the top window is not a movie window, or no windows are open.
Pastes the contents of the Clipboard into the current movie.
Copies the selected portion of the current movie. The selected portion is placed temporarily into a storage area called the Clipboard. Not available because the top window is not a movie window, or no windows are open.
Copies the selected portion of the current movie. The selected portion is placed temporarily into a storage area called the Clipboard.
Cuts the selected portion of the current movie. The selected portion is removed and placed temporarily into a storage area called the Clipboard. Not available because the top window is not a movie window, or no windows are open.
Cuts the selected portion of the current movie. The selected portion is removed and placed temporarily into a storage area called the Clipboard.
Undoes your last action if it involves cutting, pasting, or clearing. Not available because your last action cannot be undone.
Undoes your last action if it involves cutting, pasting, or clearing.
Edit menu
Use this menu to work with movies or to undo an action. Not available because the top window is not a movie window, or no windows are open.
Edit menu
Use this menu to work with movies or to undo an action.
Quits Play it Cool and returns to the desktop.
Lets you customise Play it Cool’s settings.
Prints the contents of the current window. Not available because the top window is not a movie window, or there are no windows open.
Prints the contents of the current window.
Lets you choose the paper size, orientation and other printing options. Not available because the top window is not a movie window, or there are no windows open.
Lets you choose the paper size, orientation and other printing options.
Converts a Movie-Application into a normal QuickTime movie.
Builds a Movie-Application from the current movie — a self-playing movie with credits. Not available because the top window is not a movie window, or there are no windows open.
Builds a Movie-Application from the current movie — a self-playing movie with credits.
Compresses a picture using the standard QuickTime compression dialog.
Recompresses a movie using the standard QuickTime compression dialog.
Discards all changes made to the current movie since it was last saved. Not available because the movie hasn’t been changed since it was last saved, or there are no windows open.
Discards all changes made to the current movie since it was last saved.
Saves a copy of the current movie to disk under a different name. Not available because the top window is not a movie window, or there are no windows open.
Saves a copy of the current movie to disk under a different name.
Saves the current movie to disk under a different name. Not available because the top window is not a movie window, or there are no windows open.
Saves the current movie to disk under a different name.
Saves the current movie to disk. Not available because the movie has already been saved, the top window is not a movie window, or there are no windows open.
Saves the current movie to disk.
Closes the current window. Not available because there no windows open.
Closes the current window.
Opens an existing movie from an Internet location (URL). Not available because there are too many windows open, or the version of QuickTime you are using does not support this feature.
Opens an existing movie from an Internet location (URL).
Opens an existing movie from disk. Not available because there are too many windows open.
Opens an existing movie from disk.
Creates a new, empty movie. Not available because there are too many windows open.
Creates a new, empty movie.
File menu
Use this menu to work with movie files.
Displays information about Play it Cool.
Enter the Internet location (URL) of the movie you want to open here.
To open the movie at the Internet location above, click here.
Enter the number of sub-seconds here.
Enter the number of seconds here.
Enter the number of minutes here.
Enter the number of hours here.
To go to the time specified above, click here.
All movies will use the same movie settings (under the Movie menu).
To make all movies use the same movie settings (under the Movie menu), click here.
Enter the initial width (in pixels) of new and sound-only movies here.
“Open options” will be saved for the next time you launch Play it Cool.
To save “Open options” for the next time you launch Play it Cool, click here. Open options include loading movies into RAM, setting the monitor to the best depth and changing the movie's icon to that of Play it Cool.
Movies will play automatically after they are opened.
To automatically play movies after they are opened, click here.
The time code will be set to 60 fps.
To set the time code to 60 fps, click here. This is a standard used for timing on Macintosh computers.
The time code will be set to 30 fps.
To set the time code to 30 fps, click here.
The time code will be set to 29.97 fps.
To set the time code to 29.97 fps, click here. This is a standard used in the NTSC format.
The time code will be set to 25 fps.
To set the time code to 25 fps, click here. This is a standard used in the PAL and SECAM formats.
The time code will be set to 24 fps.
To set the time code to 24 fps, click here. This is a standard used in film.
Play it Cool will leave Stage mode after the movie finishes playing.
To leave Stage mode after the movie finishes playing, click here.
Play it Cool will allow the mouse to be clicked without leaving Stage mode.
To allow the mouse to be clicked without leaving Stage mode, click here.
Enter the number of seconds of blank screen after the movie plays in Stage mode here.
Enter the number of seconds of blank screen before the movie plays in Stage mode here.
Movies will be displayed on your second monitor (the monitor without the menu bar) in Stage mode.
To display movies on your second monitor (the monitor without the menu bar) in Stage mode, click here. Not available because you only have one monitor.
To display movies on your second monitor (the monitor without the menu bar) in Stage mode, click here.
Movies will be displayed on your main monitor (the monitor containing the menu bar) in Stage mode.
To display movies on your main monitor (the monitor containing the menu bar) in Stage mode, click here.
To change the Stage mode background colour, click here.
To cancel the operation, click here. Any changes you have made to the settings will not be saved.
To save the settings chosen above, click here.
To discard all changes made to the movie since it was last saved, click here.
To use the above settings, click here.
To save the movie normally (allowing dependencies), click here. The movie will not be compacted.
To cancel the operation, click here. The movie will stay open.
To save the movie with a new name and make it self-contained, click here.
To cancel the operation, click here.
To try opening the movie, click here.
The movie is currently being made playable on Windows and other non-MacOS computers.
To make the movie playable on Windows and other non-MacOS computers, click here. Not available because the movie is not being saved self-contained.
To make the movie playable on Windows and other non-MacOS computers, click here.
The movie will be given Play it Cool’s icon.
To give the movie Play it Cool’s icon, click here. The movie will open in Play it Cool if it is opened from the desktop.
The movie will be loaded into RAM.
To load the movie into RAM, click here. The movie will play more smoothly if it is loaded into RAM.
Enter your registration number here, exactly as given.
Enter your name here.
To register later, click here.
To accept your name and registration number, click here.
The movie is currently being saved normally. If the movie depends on another file, the relevant data will not be copied to this movie file.
To save the movie normally, click here. If the movie depends on another file, the relevant data will not be copied to this movie file.
The movie is currently being saved self-contained. All movie data will be contained within this movie file.
To save the movie self-contained, click here. All movie data will be contained within this movie file.
To register Play it Cool by entering your registration number, click here.
To cancel the current operation, click here.
To calculate information based on the speed specified in the Movie Speed Palette, click here.
The monitor will be set to the most appropriate screen depth.
To set the monitor to the most appropriate screen depth, click here. The movie will play and look best at this screen depth.
The monitor will be set to the most appropriate screen resolution.
To set the monitor to the most appropriate screen resolution, click here. The movie will play and look best at this screen resolution.
The Movie-Application will quit after the movie finishes playing.
To quit the Movie-Application after the movie finishes playing, click here.
The Movie-Application will allow the mouse to be clicked without quitting.
To allow the mouse to be clicked without quitting the Movie-Application, click here.
To change the background colour, click here.
To change the credit text colour, click here.
To use the movie’s normal window size and speed, click here.
To save the movie’s current window size and speed (as shown in the Movie Speed Palette), click here.
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Enter the fourth line of text here.
Enter the third line of text here.
Enter the second line of text here.
Enter the first line of text here.
To cancel “Build Application”, click here. No Movie-Application will be created.
To build the Movie-Application using the current text and settings, click here.
To discard the changes you’ve made the the current movie, click here.
To cancel the current operation, and leave the movie open, click here.
To save the changes you’ve made the the current movie, click here.
